Occupational employment / Rotary drill operators, oil and gas

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Rotary drill operators, oil and gas" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,550 Not available Not available
Oklahoma City, OK 1,710 $25.31 $52,650
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1,020 $28.05 $58,350
Grand Junction, CO 750 $26.24 $54,580
Fort Smith, AR-OK 640 $24.34 $50,630
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 590 $25.04 $52,090
Odessa, TX 420 $28.99 $60,310
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 420 $27.22 $56,620
Lafayette, LA 400 $25.89 $53,860
College Station-Bryan, TX 340 $25.32 $52,660
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 280 $29.82 $62,030
Corpus Christi, TX 260 $26.82 $55,780
Casper, WY 220 $30.60 $63,640
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 220 $25.88 $53,830
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 210 $26.68 $55,490
Farmington, NM 180 $24.28 $50,510
Charleston, WV 170 $18.82 $39,150
Salt Lake City, UT 150 $24.05 $50,030
Wichita Falls, TX 140 $19.32 $40,180
Anchorage, AK 70 Not available Not available
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 70 $27.88 $57,980
Tuscaloosa, AL 70 $20.30 $42,220
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 70 $16.51 $34,350
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 40 $25.63 $53,320
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 30 $18.71 $38,920
Greeley, CO Not available $28.16 $58,570
Abilene, TX Not available $24.23 $50,400
San Antonio, TX Not available $21.72 $45,170
Victoria, TX Not available $26.21 $54,520
Tulsa, OK Not available $17.93 $37,290
Pittsburgh, PA Not available $28.08 $58,400
Bakersfield, CA Not available $30.87 $64,210
Denver-Aurora, CO Not available $25.47 $52,980
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